Adjustable and foldable luggage carrier



March 2 1926.

A. H. KRUEGER ADJUSTABLE AND FOLDABLE LUGGAGE CARRIER Filed Sept. 4, 1924 Patented Mar. 2,

UNITED STATES AUGUST H. KRUEGER, OF LURAY, KANSAS.

ADJUSTABLE AND FOLDABLE LUGGAGE CARRIER.

Application filed September 4, 1924. Serial No. 735,960.

To all whom it may concern Be it known that I, AUoUsr H. Knunonn, a citizen of the United States, residing at Luray, in the county of Russell and State of Kansas, have invented certain new and useful Improvements in Adjustable and Foldable Luggage Carriers, of which the following is a specification, reference being had to the accompanying drawings.

This invention relates to acceisories for use in connection with motor vehicles, and has for its object the provision of a novel luggage carrier adapted to be. clamped upon the running board of an automobile or the like for the purpose of facilitating the carrying of baggage or merchandise of various kinds.

An important object is the provision of a carrier of this character so mounted and arranged as to be capable of lateral adj ustment with respect to the vehicle body and running board so that wide articles or objects may be carried as easily as narrow ones, means being provided for maintaining the desired adjusted position and positively preventing derangement or displacement of the parts.

A further object is the provision of a device of this character which is so formed that it may be folded or collapsed to lie substantially in registration with the edge of the running board in an out-of-the-way position.

An additional object is the provision of a carrier which will be simple, inexpensive in manufacture, easy to apply and adjust, pottitive in action, ei'iicient and durable in service, and a general improvement in the art.

lVith the above and other objects and advantages in View, the invention consists in the details of construction and arrangement of parts to be hereinafter more fully d:- scribed and claimed, and illustrated in the accompanying drawings, in which Figure 1 is a fragmentary side elevation of an automobile equipped with my carrier and showing it in operative position;

Figure 2 is a cross section on the line 22 of Figure 1;

Figure 3 is a. similar view showing the carrier adjusted outwardly for carrying rela tively wide articles or objects;

Figure 1 is a. view similar to Figure 1 but showing the device collapsed or folded.

Referring more particularly to the drawings, the letter A designates a portion of an automobile body and 13 represents the running board thereof. v

ln carrying out my invention, I provide a carrier or retaining device including a bottom rail 10, to which are pivoted, at 11., normally upstanding links 12 which are in turn pivotally connected, at 13, with a top rail 1 1.. At the forward end of the lower rail is pivoted, at 15, abrace. link 16 which prises a pair of U-shaped clamps 18 adapted to be straddlingly engaged upon the edge of the running board and formed with elongated slots 19 which receive and through which extend arms 20 suitably secured. to the bottom rail 10 of the guard or carrier.

Set screws 21 are provided on these clamps for the purpose of securing them to the running board and for the further purpose of holding the arms 20 in adjusted position with the guard rail structure disposed at any desired distance, within certain limits, from the cd 'e of the running board.

When. it is intended to carry suit cases or other objects and articles which are comparatively narrow, the guard rail structure is adjusted so as to extend along the edge of the running board, as shown inFigure f2. \Vhen carrying cases, milk cans, or other articles of a rather wide nature, it necessary to loosen the set screws 21 and nove the grand rail or carrier outwardly with respect to the running board, as shown in Figure 3, subsequently to which the set screws are retightened to maintain the adjusted position.

From the foregoing description and, a study of the drawings, it will be apparent that l have thus provided a simply constructed and inexpensive carrier which is readily attachable to any car having a running board without any necessity whatsoever for drilling or boring any holes, the clamping means disclosed being capable of mounting the device with ease and certainty regardless of the thickness of the running board. The lateral adjustability of the guard rail wit-h respect to the r'unning'board is of vital importance, as it enables merchan disc of various kinds to be readily trans ported upon the running board of an ordinary touring car, roadster or the l ke, thus avoiding the necessity for placing the art-i cles or objects in the back of the car with resultant damage to theupholstering.' 'A secondary feature of importance is the fold ability or collapsibilityof the device where by it may be disposed in" non-obstri icting relation to the running board so that access to the car may be had from either side thereof. v

l/Vhile I have shown and described the preferred embodiment of. the invention, it should be understood that I reserve the right to make such changes in theiiormj construction and arrangement of'the parts as will not depart from the spirit of the invention or the scope of the'subjoined claims,

ber underlying the running board, the second side member of the clamp having direct contactWith tlie running board from above, a

set screw threaded through the under side member of each of the clamps, a guard rail structure, arms projecting laterally from the lower portion of said structure and disposed through the slot in the clamp, the set screws carried by the clamps being directly engageable with said arms to clamp said arms be tween the set screws and the-running board and to hold" the arms, against lengthwise movement.

In testimony whereof I hereunto aflix my signature. 7

' AUGUST H. KRUEGER. 

